Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialEllie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Earlier this year, E3G released a big report with the Department of War Studies at Kings College which showed that our dependence on gas is a major national security risk. Cutting heat pumps to fund defence is like not paying for a flu jab so you can buy lemsip. It makes no sense. 3238129
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Public executions were not abolished out of tenderness towards the criminal. They were abolished because of the effect on the people watching, and the dangers of making human death a source of commercial entertainment. Here's Charles Dickens in The Times, after witnessing an execution in 1849. 131249443
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialAndrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 11/10/2026This seems like the obvious response to a second fossil fuel crisis in 5 years. And yet in the UK, we have somehow lost our previously strong consensus on the green transition over that same period 14119
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I love taking the train between San Diego and Los Angeles since it's such a gorgeous view but there's just no way it'll still exist on the same track a generation from now. www.instagram.com/reels/DeSCAh... 1794805896
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialRhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 10/10/2026From Anthropic’s own report, the models were completing tasks which they’d been given by Anthropic, and while doing so circumvented restrictions which Anthropic failed to make sufficiently strong, so how exactly were they “acting on their own”? 🙄 614837
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialJesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 08/10/2026‘If AI doesn’t deliver on its promise then we face a double blow to growth: because AI didn’t expand our productive capacity as hoped, and because other investments which might have didn’t take place.’ www.ft.com/content/bf40... 48947265
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialJames Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026In some ways this is even more enraging than the original error. It wasn’t a printing error and previously the Tories’ justification for ditching clean power targets was it would supposedly cut the cost of electricity and support the roll out of the very EVs and heat pumps they’re now sneering at. 1268
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Turning state violence into a public spectacle is a very fascist move BTW. 531935539
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialZeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 05/10/2026I often see people argue that clean energy is not reducing emissions, because it just adds to rather than replaces fossil fuels. This argument is deeply misguided – clean energy built since 2005 has displaced 23 billion tons. I dive in over at The Climate Brink:theclimatebrink.comWhat if the world hadn't built wind and solar?Clean energy does not simply “add to” global energy use; it displaces fossil sources that would otherwise get built. 16478198
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialTom Haddon @tomh-analyst.bsky.social · 24/09/2026But overall, Europe doesn't face a volume problem. It now has massive LNG import capacity to meet any peak - it faces a price problem, sure, but ultimately can blow any Asian buyer out the water if it has to. And it would. 111
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialTom Haddon @tomh-analyst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026To simplify it (i.e. not getting into a Russia/EU hole), you can just think of pipeline vs LNG as ratios in the mix. Prices won't/can't return to 2019 (real) until the ratio is back the same - so think <10% LNG. You either get there by increasing pipeline supply, or decreasing demand... 101
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialPatrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The entire interior U.S. should be alarmed as Canada fast tracks a new crude oil pipeline from Alberta to Canada's West Coast that will push more of Canada's oil away from U.S. refineries that rely on it, and could negatively impact U.S. refineries. 85877257
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Cannot talk of the US as one entity when it comes to energy. "New England heats with fuel oil. The Southeast heats with electricity. The Midwest heats with natural gas. Same country, completely different energy systems. Every county in one map:" ht John Bistiline x.com/JEBistline/s... 711047
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialBaltic Takes (formerly badbaltictakes) @baltictakes.com · 27/09/2026‘Golden arches theory’ is still not aging well, as this McDonalds warehouse burns in Ukraine after a Russian attack. Let’s talk about this. Thomas Friedman came up with the Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention in the 90s, arguing that countries with McDonalds don’t fight each other. 🧵.. 1114343
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialJames Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Most of the cars built in the UK are for export and most of the markets the UK exports to are rapidly switching to EVs. www.businessgreen.com/news/4535939...businessgreen.comStudy: EV sales surging in UK's key car export marketsIran oil price shocks is prompting more drivers in key markets to switch to electric models, with new data showing EV sales across the EU are up by a third on last year 0345
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026European gas is above €82/MWh - the highest since late 2022. Hormuz remains largely shut and gas storage is at 68% going into winter. None of this started in Europe but we pay for it. The only exit is using less gas. Heat pumps, electrified industry, insulation. 14573207
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialAndrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch 49129
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialCarbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 14/09/2026NEW – Revealed: England’s June 2026 heatwave sparked record demand for ambulances | By @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/NLCTZWh 14228
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialGlen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Yes, IAMs love CCS, pretty much whenever there is a carbon price, even a very low one. SSPx-60 also uses a lot of CCS. It is ashame this is not communicated more, so people can understand how IAMs work, and why they need to be careful interpreting results from them. 4268
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/09/20262) and 3) are intimately linked, in that the BBC (the organisation that really matters in the modern environment) treats 'claims by rival parties' as the operating frame for how it covers everything. The failure from Labour and the Conservatives to say 'this stuff is bad' is really, really bad. 341090340
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialKate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social · 05/09/2026most of the supposed benefits of climate change will pan out like this 412337
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialGlen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This table is pretty important. It shows that ambitious targets could only be met by first exceeding, then returning to the target (overshoot). Since then, nearly all scenarios have become based on end-of-century targets, meaning overshoot is the norm, not the exception. 3/ 153
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialGlen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · 02/09/2026UNEP has written a nice report on overshoot, though, perhaps 10 years too late. But I am somewhat surprised there is so little focus on the requirement of short-term action. Overshoot and non-overshoot both require deep & immediate reductions in emissions... www.unep.org/resources/li... 6/6 412145
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialRachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social · 31/08/2026As honoured as I am to see that The Times has picked up my Chagos article practically *word for word*, including my hard-gotten quotes, I’d prefer some credit — or for everyone to read my original FT piece! free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴 752695759
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialJonathan Koomey @jgkoomey.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Another classic: Frank Ackerman, Stephen J. DeCanio, Richard B. Howarth & Sheeran, Kristen. 2009. Limitations of Integrated Assessment Models of Climate Change. Climatic Change 95: 297-315. link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comLimitations of integrated assessment models of climate change - Climatic ChangeThe integrated assessment models (IAMs) that economists use to analyze the expected costs and benefits of climate policies frequently suggest that the “optimal” policy is to go slowly and to do relati... 2101
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialAkshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This is the context that ought to feature in some form, as @davidfickling.bsky.social explains it in his column. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... 24623
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialOliver Morton, Eater of Sun @eaterofsun.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Just heard @rory-stewart.bsky.social on @therestpolitics.bsky.social say that "we [the UK] still consume more carbon than we have ever done—we just have the t-shirts made in China". I've heard this point being made elsewhere recently too. And it is simply not true. 917997
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialGernot Wagner @gwagner.com · 24/08/2026London has been London since it was Londinium some 2,000 years ago. It was built on clay soil then, and still is today. 5 successive heatwaves later, and that clay drying out so fast, it's leaving cracks all over: www.bloomberg.com/news/article... @bloomberg.com 34213
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialLuke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 17/08/2026🧵Weather maybe getting cooler, but what has been the impact of recent heatwaves on public attitudes to and salience of climate and net zero? Two thirds of the public say they are worried about hot weather and 86% think climate change at least partially responsible. 98040
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialLeo Barasi @leobarasi.bsky.social · 18/08/2026New Labour attack ad on Reform's Richard Tice for saying we should enjoy climate change. I think this is the first time Labour has ever published an ad attacking another party for opposing climate action 53718
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialZoe Avison @zoeavison.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Puzzling over my grid and wondering which week will be sufficiently free of extreme weather that opening a massive oilfield will make sense 011
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialAndrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 17/08/2026if you want to understand the physical processes behind El Niño, watch this short video from the UK Met Office. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPA-...youtube.comEl Nino - What is it?YouTube video by Met Office - UK Weather 04120
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialDan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 17/08/2026"Look, my government is slowing the introduction of electric cars, so my government needs to approve more oil fields" 3226
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialKees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 15/08/2026The water flow in the Rhine keeps plummeting. It had never been below 780 m³/s in summer. When we were at 650, an expert told us it couldn't go much lower. Now we're at 572 m³/s, the lowest on record, even below the ice blocked flow in the winter of 1929. 310257
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialLeo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 15/08/2026The Times has just published these two reader letters in response to a column by @hugorifkind.bsky.social headlined: "Where are all those climate deniers now?" I just googled them. The first is a "retired consultant in rheumatology" The second is "UK former chief geologist, BP North Sea" 1513538
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialEd Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 14/08/2026Earlier in the summer I presented a figure showing how a comparable weather event to the summer of 1976 would be experienced in a warmer current climate. It would be 3-4°C hotter, with London hitting 38°C. Yesterday, that is exactly what happened. 519288
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialAndrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 13/08/2026I’ve seen a lot of chatter about how this El Nino is a preview of some future climate state , e.g., 2037. I have some real qualms with that. We know that the pattern of warming from El Nino is quite different from the long-term pattern of warming.  3262
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialPeter Brannen @peterbrannen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026A quote I always return to is from University of Chicago geoscientist David Archer: “I have a feeling that by the time we get close to 2°C we’ll think it’s pretty insane we ever thought that that was a target to shoot for.” 215571
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialTom Haddon @tomh-analyst.bsky.social · 10/08/2026There is going to be a lot of levers to pull to get LNG out of European gas supply into the early 2030s and get back to relying on pipeline sources (excl Russia, obvs) which means getting EU+GB demand down by 50-60%, doable by then, so doubt LNG drags US prices higher for longer. 011
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 09/08/2026The problem is that this is going to turn out to be true for so very many things that were previously unaccounted for in IAMs and SCC estimates. Wildfire smoke is a clear example, but likely one of many (perhaps innumerably so) that we seem destined to learn about only once they get bad enough. 46722
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialSam Alvis @samalvis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Don't think it's sunk in for people in the UK that we will feel this *next* summer. This summer was just a warm up 25024
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialExtreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 05/08/2026EXCEPTIONAL HOT DAY IN POLAND ALL TIME RECORDS 38.8 Kozienice 38.4 Rseszow 38.1 Kielce 38.1 Zamosc 37.4 Przemysl 37.0 Czestochowa 36.9 Nowy Sacz 36.4 Krosno 35.8 Sliedce 35.3 Lesko Plus dozens of monthly records. August national record missed by 0.1C ! 04417
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialZeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 02/08/2026I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850. 9035091732
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 01/08/20269/ Approve a field like Rosebank and you create an owner, a workforce and an investor who can sue, all with thirty years of reason to defend it. Every approval hands the next government a fight it never needed to have. 13211
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.social👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times 17108553744
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialNahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking. 8236452099
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialJames Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 31/07/2026But he's not doing that, no doubt in large part because he's about to approve new North Sea drilling, which may be a complex issue, but will open him up to charges of hypocrisy. Consequently, Badenoch and Reform get a free pass to advance an utterly reckless form of soft climate denialism. 042
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I predict the El Nino will do it. 1123
Reposted by @mikefreets.bsky.socialLeo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 30/07/2026++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n... 11332511367